2015/5/18-It has been getting easier by the day for politicians to talk about fixing the nation’s broken criminal justice system. But when states in the Deep South, which have long had some of the country’s harshest penal systems, make significant …..
2015/05/19 – Several scholars agree that a federal holiday would sanitize the legacy of a leader who fought fearlessly against state-sanctioned violence, imperialism and white supremacy. There has been no federal holiday designated to honor Malcolm X, and on Tuesday, on …..
2015/5/19-After my stories last week on the 30th anniversary of the MOVE siege in West Philadelphia in 1985, in which Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on a residential neighborhood, leaving 11 dead — including five children — we were surprised by how …..
By the 17th century, America’s slave economy had eliminated the obstacle of morality Note: This story is a part of the Slate Academy on the History of American Slavery featuring Jamelle Bouie, Rebecca Onion, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. To …..
2015/5/19-The first time I traveled to Georgia’s Montgomery County, in 2002, it felt like a very familiar and friendly American suburb. Kids were cheering at the local high school’s homecoming parade. The community appeared to be very mixed and well …..
